silkė

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See also: silke, Silke, šilke, and siļķe

Lithuanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish or (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse síl / síld[1][2]. Cognate to Latvian siļķe.

Noun

silkė f

  1. herring (fish)
    rūkyta silkė — red herring, smoked herring

References

  • Lithuanian-English, English-Lithuanian Dictionary and Phrasebook, Jurgita Baltrušaitytė
  1. ^ Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “сельдь”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  2. ^ de Vries, Jan (1977) Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Old Norse Etymological Dictionary] (in German), 2nd revised edition, Leiden: Brill, page 475
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